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Anna Kay Faris ( /ˈɑːnə ˈfærɨs/; born November 29, 1976) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as roles in The Hot Chick (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), Just Friends (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Smiley Face (2007), The House Bunny (2008), Take Me Home Tonight (2011) and What's Your Number? (2011). She provided voice acting in the animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and was a special guest on the television hit series, Friends.
Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, Karen... MORE
Anna Kay Faris ( /ˈɑːnə ˈfærɨs/; born November 29, 1976) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as roles in The Hot Chick (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), Just Friends (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Smiley Face (2007), The House Bunny (2008), Take Me Home Tonight (2011) and What's Your Number? (2011). She provided voice acting in the animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and was a special guest on the television hit series, Friends.
Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, Karen (née Bathurst), is a former special education instructor, and her father, Jack Faris, is a sociologist who worked at the University of Washington and headed the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association. She has a brother, Robert, who is also a sociologist and a professor at the University of California, Davis. Faris grew up in Edmonds, Washington. Her parents encouraged her to pursue acting when she was young, and she gave her first professional acting performance at age nine, at the Seattle Repertory Theater.
Her first significant film role was in the independent production Lovers Lane (1999, LESS
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